Somewhere in a dark dingy room, Shade was sitting on a brown table chair, getting his wounds attended to by a dark skinned woman.
"Dammit! I'm gonna make that bastard pay if it's the last thing I do" shouted Shade.
"You got off lightly if you ask me." Turning his head to the side, Shade could see Shadow leaning against a wall with his trademark grin.
"HOW DO YOU CALL THIS GETTING OFF LIGHTLY" shouted Shade. Losing an arm would put him in a terrible mood without Shadows taunts.
Well, the other three where fairly week but that Division Commander, he was the real deal. If you didn't retreat when you did, it wouldn't be an arm you lost, but your life!
"If you weren't such an idiot you would have retreated as soon as he appeared," said the dark-skinned woman.
"How strong is he anyway?" Asked Shade finally calming down. "Probably as strong as me, Give or take." Commented Shadow. "If we fought the survivor would come out with life long injuries put it that way."
Swallowing saliva for the second time that day, Shade finally realized how easy he got off. if Cole was as much of a Monster as Shadow he could have killed Shade with ease.
"I didn't know this world had such powerful people," said Shade feeling sorry for himself.
"Well, we wouldn't be here if this worlds Paths Of Power where weak now would we. Said Shadow.
"That's why I've requested a Summoner to be sent to us from home. If we plan on getting that kid back, we're gonna need one"
"So we're still after him," said Shade looking fearful. "Of course, our plan required it," said Shadow, his sinister smirk returning.
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"What am I doing here, the diamond wait what happened?" Spewed Alex in his confusion.
"Calm young man," said Cain tenderly. "You were in an accident and now you're in the hospital."
"The hospital? Wait for my sister, she must be worried sick."
"Calm down young man, you're Sister is safe and knows you're here. When we've had a chat you two can talk. Said Cain.
"Now what do you remember from last night?"
Pondering for a second Alex proceeded to tell Cain all of what happened the day before. The weird feeling he was having, how he just couldn't understand why he was drawn to the park. And finally what happened when he found the Gem.
The last thing he remembered was an explosion of light and intense pain.
"Well I can explain some of it to you," said Cain.
"What you found is called an awakening Gem. The pain you felt was the Gem reconstructing you're body making it faster, stronger, more durable. In fact, it even makes you age at a reduced rate."
"If Nothing bad happens to you, there is nothing stopping you from living to 300 years of age."
Alex's jaw dropped to the bottom of the bed. "So I'm a superhero?" Asked Alex sounding more like a child than a 20-year-old young man.
Cain couldn't contain his laughter and started balling. "Not quite." He said holding back tears.
"What you are is an awakended. Someone who has stepped onto the path of this world of power and transcended the norm."
"Path of power, what's that?" asked Alex. "A Path Of Power, is what we call one of the Paths us humans can follow to gain power."
there are Five known Paths of Power one could follow:
The first Path is the Path of Perception. This path allows one to sense and see things not normally perceivable. Such as life force and other kinds of energy.
The Second Path is the Path of Destruction. This Path allows you to conjure red energy that destroying anything and anyone in your Path. "This is the best path of course," Said Cain proudly.
"You follow the Second Path don't you said Alex rolling his eyes.
Being caught out Cain continued. The Third Path is the Path of Wills.
This Path allows you to manipulate and suppress the Will of other beings. Allowing you to make them more inclined to do what you want. A sufficiently power Will user can even make someone faint with a mere look.
The fourth path. The Path of Space. Is that Path that allows you to manipulate space to varying degrees.
And finally the fifth Path. The Fifth Path of Power is the Path of Immortality. This Path Grant's user enhanced regeneration and completely stops you from ageing.
The downside is the fifth Path is the rarest one to find a Path for. In all our known history only two people have ever been known to have a Path of Immortality.
"What happend to them?" Asked Alex thoroughly enjoying the conversation.
"No one knows," said Cain. "Some say they're still walking the earth, others say after 1000s of years they managed to find a way to leave this planet but we can never know for sure."
"Now that I've explained the different Paths of Power to you Alex. Would you care to guess which Path you belong to? Asked Cain.
"Hmm no idea," said Alex. "I would have hope the 4th or even 5th path but I have no idea. Can you tell me? Said Alex with a grin."
"Well you see Alex, that's one of the issues we're having. We think you are the first person alive to walk, the sixth Path of Power!!!"